The Bad Guys

2022
U
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

64K

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Animal Adventure Computer Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Crime Family

To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.To avoid prison, a gang of notorious animal criminals pretends to seek being rehabilitated, only for their leader to realize that he genuinely wants to change his ways.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

64K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

914

242

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 30 nominations

Wolf
(voice)

Marc Maron

Snake
(voice)

Awkwafina

Tarantula
(voice)

Craig Robinson

Shark
(voice)

Anthony Ramos

Piranha
(voice)

Richard Ayoade

Professor Marmalade
(voice)

Zazie Beetz

Diane Foxington aka The Crimson Paw
(voice)

Alex Borstein

Police Chief Misty Luggins
(voice)

Lilly Singh

Tiffany Fluffit
(voice)

Barbara Goodson

Old Lady
(voice)

Dina Morrone

Museum Announcer
(voice)
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Michael Godere

Delivery Driver
(voice)
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Kelly Cooney Cilella

Prison Guard 1
(voice)
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Walt Dohrn

Scientist
(voice)
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David P. Smith

Prison Guard 2
(voice)
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John Venzon

Museum Guest 2
(voice)
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Jesse Averna

Prison Guard 3
(voice)

Director
- Pierre Perifel
Writers
- Aaron Blabey
- Etan Cohen
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
When Wolf proposes the gang to pretend to be good, Mr. Shark tells the story about a brother who had an anchor falling on his head. This refers to the previous DreamWorks Animation film Shark Tale (2004), which had two shark brothers: Frankie who died from an anchor dropping on him, and his brother Lenny, a good guy, who briefly pretends to be bad.

Goofs
Diane Foxington wears a piercing in her left eyebrow. Later in the movie she talks about her past, when she tried to steal the dolphin statue; when she was holding it, her body was mirrored in the security glass. In the close shot of her mirrored face, the piercing is on the right eyebrow instead of the left one.

Quotes
Mr. Wolf: Do I wish people didn't see us as monsters? Sure, I do. But these are the cards we've been dealt, so we might as well play 'em.

Crazy credits
The DreamWorks logo has Mr Wolf climb to the moon with his grapple gun and take the fisher boy's place.

Connections
Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Magical Trailer Reactions (2019)

Soundtracks
Fire
Written by Eric Burton, Adrian Quesada
Performed by Black Pumas
Courtesy of ATO Records

User reviews354

Review

Featured review

8/10

Surprisingly good

I completely agree with the first reviewer: I had low expectation after seeing the trailer, too. But "The Bad Guys" turned out to be a very clever movie, well-made, with a sophisticated script, and fast-moving. Most importantly: It's not taking itself too seriously. I mean: A shark as a master of disguise!?

I don't know (yet) the books on which this movie is based. Oviously the story is also inspired by the various Ocean's 8/ 11/ 12/ whatever-movies, but it is definitely an over-the-top-version of these caper movies. These movies always tried to be believable; "the bad guys" tries to be fun. And it succeeded in that!